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Skåne’s countryside is unique. For its size, the region boasts a variety of scenery and wildlife that is hard to surpass. The Scanian Landscape Foundation manages 19 recreational areas across Skåne and seeks to make them accessible to people

of all backgrounds and walks of life. On our land you can hike, ride, cycle, swim, fish, birdwatch or simply enjoy the view. We manage these areas with the help

of an annual grant from Skåne Regional Council.

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This brochure is for you if you enjoy and appreciate nature. If you enjoy fishing, swimming, listening to birdsong and following a trail through the trees. If you like the idea of spending a beautiful summer’s day in

the country. You don’t need to be an experienced hiker to enjoy our recreational areas.

They are dotted all over Skåne, from the coast to the centre. Many are close to a river or lake. Some are large, others small. But all are there for you whenever you want to visit. Nature’s door is always open.

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Find our recreational areas

What do you want to do today?Here are some ideas

Make things together

Obstacle course

Spend the night

Enjoy the peace and quiet

Have a snack

A longer hike

Fun with knowledge

Going for a walk in the countryside doesn't need a great deal of planning. It can be enough to take a short stroll with an apple in your pocket. But if you want to try something new, we have a few suggestions.

Make a crown of leaves and download

Skogen är en skatt, our children’s guide

to the forest and how to enjoy it and its

adventures.

Being in the countryside allows you to relax

and forget about everyday pressures.

Our recreational areas have more than 100 picnic areas. Discover a favourite of your own!

Try out your rope climbing skills

and test your balance on one of

our obstacle courses for children.

An interactive exhibition awaits you at Fulltofta

Nature and Visitor Centre. There is also a Nature and

Visitor Centre at Skrylle and a museum at Vitemölla.

What better way to enjoy the countryside than spend your night in your own cabin? Cabins are

available for rent at Fulltofta and Snogeholm and there is a youth hostel in Klåveröd.

The Skåneleden Trail passes through 10 of our areas. Visit www.skaneleden.se for infor-mation on routes for day hikes and longer excursions with overnight stops.

You can visit many of our recreation areas by bus. For journey times, click “bus stop” on the map for each area

on our website.

Take the bus

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Wheelchair-accessible platforms

Lake ArriesjönA break at the lakeJust over 10 kilometres outside Malmö, Lake Arriesjön is a green oasis that is ideal for short walks. Viewing platforms let you admire the view and there are fishing facilities for anglers, picnic areas and trails adapted for prams and wheelchairs.

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Guide✓ Rolling hills with lake view✓ Suitable for beginners ✓ Close to Malmö✓ Wheelchair and pram access✓ Walk and barbecue by the lake

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The terrain is varied, with open areas, scrubland and rolling hills where willow, birch and hawthorn grow. Some of the

trails will take you up the hills and others along the streams that run through the area. The lake and its small islands are a haven for more than 100 bird species. Access is prohibited to the islands, but you can view them from two wheel-chair-accessible platforms from where you can observe geese, ducks, terns and gulls. Anglers can fish for perch, pike, roach and rudd in the clear water. One of the fishing platforms is wheelchair-friendly.

Stone and bricks from Arrie have been used to build many of Malmö’s buildings. The quarry

and limestone factory here reached its apex in the early 1900s, at a time of rapid industrialisation.

People sometimes swim near the southern car park, but there is no beach as such and the lake shelves abruptly. Bathing here is at your own risk. For safety, there is a lifebuoy.

The road to the wheel-chair-accessible trail is steep but cars are allowed to drive if carrying a wheelchair. See page 58 for further details.

Horseriding trail

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Children’s obstacle course

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Bring the pram

BockebodaActive forest experienceBockeboda Forest outside Kristianstad has numerous paths and fitness trails that take you through spruce forests and broadleaf woodland. The latter areas hold stately beeches and ancient oaks.

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This is the perfect place if you want an active day in the woods. The northern

part of the forest, near Bocka- torpet, is popular with joggers and mountain bike riders. Bocka-torpet is also a favoured spot for school and other group outings. Here there are open grass areas where you can play rounders, along with picnic areas and a windshelter complete with roof. The trails are lit at night and you can use them all year round, including for skiing

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in winter. Ski tracks are made as soon as there is snow.

There is a horseriding trail at Uddarp and a wheelchair-accessible path. Between these you can ram-ble freely through the forest or take a day hike on one of the trails.

Nävlinge Horst, a ridge caused by geological movements 100 mil-lion years ago, is a prominent landmark, and the surrounding beechwoods and ancient oaks give the area a high biodiversity.

Guide✓ Exercise all year round

✓ Day hikes

✓ Cycling✓ Ancient woodland

✓ Deep forest

For real enthusiasts

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BreanäsHistory and natureIf you like forest and lakes, Breanäs is the place for you. This small area on the western bank of Lake Immeln holds ancient woodland, old quarries and forests of silver fir, pine and larch.

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Guide✓ Dense forest ✓ Pleasant walks✓ Peace and quiet✓ Stay overnight by the lake✓ Swimming

Breanäs is a mix of old-growth coniferous forest and more open mixed wood-

land. The pine forest, interspersed with mires and pasture, is tranquil

and perfect for a quiet walk. The Skåneleden Trail passes through en route to the adjacent Kullaskogen, where you can hike and ramble for hours. The lake, home to a rich birdlife in- cluding ospreys and black-throated divers, was once an impor-tant transport route, with Breanäs as one of its hubs. The

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Windshelter and fireplace

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stony soil has a long history of small-scale agriculture and live-stock farming that is evident in various ruins and stone walls. A century ago, the area was home to many stonecutters. A number of disused quarries are found at Breanäs and you may also find the remains of old tar piles.

With its many inlets and bays, Lake Immeln is perfect for canoe-ists and the campsite and wind-shelter at Breanäs caters for them and other visitors. You can hire canoes at Immeln Canoe Centre. If you buy a permit you can also fish for perch, bream, pike, pike, roach, whitefish and trout.

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DjurholmenHear the silence Djurholmen, on the southern slope of Hallands Ridge, is a haven of tranquillity. A network of trails and boardwalks allows you to explore extensive forest, the mire Djurholmamossen and a gully with small waterfalls. Take the opportunity to savour a true natural experience.

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Djurholmamossen, a large mire fringed by beechwoods and coniferous forest, lies

at the centre of Djurholmen. The area is rich in clearance cairns, ruins, cultivation plots and other relics left from bygone times. A red-marked trail leads to the ravine, formed at the end of the last Ice Age 14,000 years ago. The mire and Århultsbäcken stream are European Natura 2000 areas. In July and August the mire is a blaze of pink bell-heather and hosts resident bird species like black grouse and capercaillie. Elk fre-quent the area, negotiating the damp terrain with their clove hooves. The 8-metre observation tower is a good place to look for

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them and other forest animals. Dawn and dusk are the best times.

The trails are fairly short but interlinked, making it possible to go on longer hikes. In late summer you can pick blueberries and wild rasp-berries and in autumn chanterelle mushrooms. Cranberries ripen later and are at their best after the first frost and sweetest in late winter.

Guide✓ Enjoy the quiet

✓ See the mire in bloom

✓ Beechwoods

✓ Varied scenery

✓ Wilderness feel

Riverside trail

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FinstorpDon’t forget your picnic basket

Finstorp lies on the southern slopes of Söderåsen Ridge. Here you can scan the skies for birds from the observation tower at the pond Fågeldammen or fish in the nearby ponds. The area has been a popular excursion destination for more than a century.

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Guide✓ Ideal picnic excursion

✓ Fish in Fiskedammen pond

✓ Walk round the lake

✓ Birdwatching

✓ Good place for cross-

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Green trail

At Finstorp you will experi-ence varied scenery with beech-clad hillsides,

spruce plantations and two ponds created on former marshland. There are several trails and after your walk you can enjoy a picnic beside the lake.

The northern tip of the green trail passes the remains of an old farmstead razed by fire in the 1920s. A new farmhouse was later built near the ponds. Fishing in the Fiskedammen pond is open to all but strictly prohibited in the Fågel-dammen pond to avoid distur-bance to birdlife. With a little luck you can see grey herons here.

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FrisebodaBeach life and long walks Swimming and sunbathing is a natural choice at Friseboda on a hot summer’s day. But the 5-kilometre beach is worth a visit at all times of the year, especially if you like seaside walks. If the wind gets up you can explore the forest on marked trails.

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Guide✓ Swimming in the sea ✓ Long sandy beach✓ Nature reserve✓ Gnarled pines✓ Shifting sand dunes

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Unmarked paths

Friseboda is a nature reserve of gnarled coastal pines and sandy soil that is home to

lichens, moss and brambles.The sand dunes in the northern

section of the reserve are shaped by the wind and constantly chang-ing. To the south, the heathland holds wild thyme, dog violet and dwarf everlast.

Archaeological remains show that human habitation here dates back to the Stone Age. The eel fishing huts by the beach have stood for hundreds of years. In the 17th century, Friseboda’s oak forest was felled to provide timber for Sweden’s naval fleet and for fuel.

This led to serious erosion that was only halted when landowners planted protective pine forests in the 1800s.

Friseboda hosts many birds on their spring migration, including cranes, grey plover, divers, grebes and eider. The first spring migrant to arrive is the Sandwich tern, fresh from its winter quarters in West Africa. Woodlark, willow warbler and common treecreeper breed in the woods.

There are various pathways and tractor paths along the coast but no marked trails. The observation platforms in the north and south of the area are wheelchair-accessible.

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FrostavallenOutdoor life all year roundFrostavallen is a place for all seasons. In spring, white anemones carpet the ground as the beech trees come into leaf. Swim in the lakes on warm summer nights, or bring the children sledging in winter.

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Following one of Frostaval-len’s trails will take you past shimmering lakes and open

countryside, as well as rocky out-crops and precipices. At Lake Dag-storpssjön you can find basalt slopes that are volcanic remains from the Jurassic Period, while the bucolic pastures at Dagstorp Nature Reserve have held livestock for hundreds of years.

Hidden among the greenery are small clearance cairns, some from the Iron Age, and more recent ruins of crofters’ homes and farmsteads. A decline in the rural population in the past century has led to the encroachment of scrub and forest. There are trails of different lengths and picnic areas with tables and benches, some with barbecue facilities and wheelchair access.

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You can spend the night under one of the windshelters, which have fireplaces and firewood. For those interested in a longer hike, both the Pilgrimsleden and Skåneleden Trails pass through Frostavallen.

Explore the greenery

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Ancient beech woods

Guide✓ Swimming and fishing

✓ Ideal for family outings

✓ Long and short hikes

✓ Rocky precipices

✓ Extensive beechwoods

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FulltoftaAn adventure for everyone

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Fulltofta is a mosaic of open pasture, ancient oaks and deep forest – perfect for hiking, fishing and enjoying the open air. Fulltofta Nature and Visitor Centre has an interactive exhibition and café.

Fulltofta combines dense woodlands with forest glades, pastures, ponds and

streams. It is one of Sweden’s largest sites for Bronze Age agri-culture. Many of the oaks on the banks of Lake Ringsjön are several hundred years old.

There are almost a dozen trails of different lengths, three of which are wheelchair- and pram-acces-sible and certified by Tourism for All. One of the longer trails is spe-cially designed for prams. You can also try a treetop walk through the canopy, eight metres above the ground.

The 3.6-kilometre nature trail will show you how the culture and landscape has changed in the last 250 years and what can be done to support biodiversity. The Skåne- leden Trail passes through Fulltofta.

A short distance away from the visitor centre is an obstacle course for children of different ages. You can also take the family on a kilo-metre-long detective trail through the forest where you have to solve riddles to get from point to point. Or you can take the 3-kilometre alphabet challenge. In winter you can go sledging on the hill by the car park.

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Centre with café✓ Cabins for rent ✓ Ideal for families

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Tree frogs can be heard calling from the ponds at Snogeholm in spring. During daytime the frogs are unobtrusive and hard to spot, but on warm spring nights calling males combine to form a high-pitched choir.

GrytåsaLake with rolling hills Grytåsa is a small site whose two trails offer pleasant walks. Lake Flinkasjön is rich in birdlife, with the ridge to the north of the lake offering a good vantage point. Don’t be surprised if you encounter cattle grazing in the woods during summer. This is one of few places in Skåne where woodland pasture survives.

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Guide✓ Short walks ✓ Grazed hillsides✓ See cattle in the woods ✓ Watch birds✓ Barbecues✓ Easy to get around

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Heaven for mushroom pickers

Grytåsa is a place of wood-land and grazed hillsides. You can pick lingonberries

under the trees, pause for thought in a clearing or enjoy the peace and quiet beside a small fen. Grytåsa has several boulder-ridges of different lengths and heights and

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Möllers Forest, a tall pinewood with scattered aspens, birch, oak, juniper and spruce.

Follow the Flinkabäcken stream and you will find the remains of three small flour mills. Lake Flinkasjön is largely overgrown by reeds and home to birds like com-mon snipe, mallard, teal, golden-eye, whooper swan and crane. There is an observation tower, from where you can also watch marsh harriers quartering the reedbeds in search of prey.

By combining the two trails you can enjoy a long walk through the woods. The Skåneleden Trail also passes through the area.

The picnic area by the road is wheelchair-friendly and a small road running west from the car park is also accessible to prams and wheelchairs.

Try the Skåneleden Trail

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JäravallenBirdlife and nice walksJäravallen is popular with birdwatchers, walkers and mountain bike riders. This area of coastal meadows and pinewoods attracts numerous bird species and has various trails, a mountain bike track and a riding path. A lake at the northern end is good for swimming.

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Most of Järavallen is a nature reserve and a bird-watchers’ paradise. Many

wading birds rest on the coastal meadows during migration and in mild winters some spend the sea-son here alongside flocks of ducks and geese. Oystercatchers and lapwings breed on the meadows and you can see them and other birds, including common buzzard, peregrine falcon and white-tailed eagle, from the observation tower on the beach.

Järavallen, in Lundåkrabukten Bay, is a shallow shore with banks of seaweed that are exposed at low tide. The banks date back hundreds of years, when they were built to form enclosures. The high salt content in the water compared to the brackish Baltic Sea farther south provides good habitat for salt-tolerant plant species like blackgrass, red fescue and seaside centaury. Common bent, wavy hairgrass and sand sedge grow in the grassy meadows. In the nearby pinewoods you can find guelder-rose, elder, woodbine and moss.

The flora and fauna changes dramatically at the bog Hofterups Mosse. The parts of this small wetland that are inside the recrea-tion area are largely overgrown with birch and osiers. Here you can

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find marsh marigold, marsh- cinquefoil, marsh pennywort, gypsywort, meadowsweet, purple loosestrife, great willowherb and bulrush.

Lake Badsjön in the north of the area is a pleasant spot for picnics and has a small sandy beach that is good for swimming, though bear in mind that the water quickly gets deep. The path from the car park to the beach is accessible to wheelchairs and prams.

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✓ Nice walks✓ Active people

✓ Ideal for families

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✓ Picnic by the lake

✓ Mountain biking

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KlåverödA taste of wilderness At Klåveröd you can climb steep rock faces and boulders, visit a small cave and explore a uni-que mire. You can fish, hike, ride or go mountain biking. A youth hostel enables you to plan over-night stays.

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Guide✓ Wilderness feel

✓ Day hikes

✓ Rolling trails

✓ Mountain biking

✓ Youth hostel

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Klåveröd is adjacent to Söderåsen National Park and is a place of rocky

outcrops and ravines where oak, beech, alder, ash, hornbeam and hazel grow.

Traneröds Mosse, to the north-east, is a mire unlike any other in Scandinavia. Here you can find bell-heather, cranberry and, with luck, the elusive cloudberry. There is a population of fallow deer, and elk also visit the area. Frogs call from the pond during spring.

Klåveröd’s ravines are part of a large rift valley that includes Skäralid and Klöva Hallar. The chimney-like formations are of hard rock types that erode more slowly than the surrounding sur-

faces. At Snuvestuan you can fine a nice picnic area. Here, a small cave and steep cliff provide excel-lent rock climbing.

A network of trails allows you to spend an entire day hiking. There is also a mountain bike trail that requires riders to negotiate tree trunks and boulders. The Skåneleden Trail passes through the area and you can follow it to Söderåsen National Park five kilo-metres away. This is a very scenic hike.

Klåveröd Youth Hostel has café where the food is home- made and mostly organic. There are various picnic areas, with benches, tables and fireplaces.

Enjoy a cup of tea or coffee

You can find the youth hostel and café opening hours online.

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KronoskogenSea air and swimming If you like white sandy beaches, sea air and the scent of pine trees, Kronoskogen is for you. Get off the train at the station and walk down to the sea. Along the coast you can find other Skåne icons such as Kullen, the Bjärehalvön peninsula and Hallands Väderö island.

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The coastal town of Ängel-holm became established as a spa in the 1880s. The

wide, shallow beach stretches for kilometres along Skälderviken Bay and is popular with wind surfers, kite flyers, swimmers and sand-castle builders. The beachside dunes offer sheltered nooks and crannies that are perfect for sun-bathing.

Inland from the beach is a second row of dunes. These were artificially constructed in the 18th century and planted with pines to stop erosion. The woods here are a nature reserve and you can explore them on marked trails. The shortest is 2.8 kilometres and the longest is

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10 kilometres. The Skåneleden Trail also passes through the area. Nybroskogen Forest, in the north-east, is home to elm, ash and alder.

Young and old alike will enjoy a visit to Hembygdsparken heritage centre, where you can visit the museum, have a coffee or ice cream, pat the animals and enjoy playground rides.

If you like cycling you can take the Lergöksrundan trail through Nybroskogen Forest. There is also a more difficult section for moun-tain bike enthusiasts.

On the River Rönneå you can hire a canoe or fish for perch, pike, roach and trout if you buy a fishing permit. The local sports and fishing club has built fishing stations here equipped with tables, barbecues and rain shelters.

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Guide✓ Beach close to town

✓ White sand dunes

✓ Trails through the pines

✓ Mountain biking area

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Breanäs is a great place for a summer dip. Hop off the jetty and feel the cool, clean water on your skin.

Visit en.skanskalandskap.se/things-to-do

for a list of all the places where you can

swim at our recreational sites.

Watch birds by the lake

MöllerödssjöLakeside pleasuresLake Möllerödssjö is a pleasant spot if you want to go for a swim or to fish, birdwatch or simply enjoy a coffee break by the water. A trail takes you round the lake and there is a lit track for joggers.

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Guide✓ Lake for fishing and swimming✓ Jogging track✓ Path around the lake✓ Heritage trail

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Jogging track

The Sjöstigen trail leads through damp deciduous woodland with patches of

open water. Some of the more exotic tree species, planted by former owners of Lilla Mölleröd Farm, have signs to help you identify them.

The scenery varies from beech-woods in the north to spruce plan-tations in the south. Cattle graze along a former walled cattle path and black woodpecker and goos- ander breed in the woods and lake respectively.

Lilla Mölleröd Farm dates back several hundred years and served as a garrison for corporals and sergeants of the Skåne cavalry in the 17th century.

To find out more about the local history you can take the 1-kilometre heritage trail "Kulturstigen" and see clearance cairns, an ancient cattle path and the remains of crofters’ cottages, including one named Danska Hemmanet (“Dan-ish Homestead”). There is also a well-preserved five-stone marker that marked a parish or property boundary.

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SkrylleNature close to townSkrylle attracts thousands of joggers, walkers and nature lovers every year – the perfect place for some exercise or a gentle Sunday walk.

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Skrylle is an area of varied countryside where in spring you can admire the wild-

flowers at Dalby Söderskog National Park or go for a stroll among the ponds, pastures and flooded former quarry. The woods are largely plantations, but some remnants of ancient deciduous forest remain and broadleaf species are gaining ground at the expense of spruce.

The straight walls and forest tracks are also the result of the plantations created in the late 1800s. Two eskers – Knivsåsen and Borelundsåsen – are located in the northwest.

If you would like to know more about the local flora and fauna, history and geology, you should visit Naturum Skrylle, a visitor centre run by Lund Municipality.

A network of trails and jogging tracks criss-crosses the area.

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Three trails are lit and there is also a wheelchair-friendly trail. The Skåneleden Trail passes through the area and the 15-kilometre Skryllerundan trail starts at Skryllegården.

At Rögle Dammar ponds you can fish with flies, spinners and floats if you have permit. One of the fishing jetties is wheelchair- accessible.

Skryllegården has a restaurant and café and there are a number of picnic areas in the area that can be booked at reception. You can also purchase firewood and book a windshelter if you want to spend the night under the stars.

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Guide✓ Jogging trails

✓ Short and long walks

✓ Nature and visitor centre

✓ Perfect for families with children

✓ Accessible for prams and wheelchairs

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Cabin at Raftarp

Snogeholm, tucked between the three lakes Sövdesjön, Snogeholmssjön and Ellestadssjön, has much to offer. You can watch birds, go horseriding or enjoy some quiet fishing. You can also explore the lakes on a canoe and stay overnight in a cabin. Our Visitor Centre provides all the information you need.

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Snogeholm is a varied land-scape of sandy heaths, open pasture, deciduous woods

and spruce forest. There are numerous old-growth trees and many birds of prey frequent the area. Parts of Snogeholm are included in the EU Natura 2000 programme of valuable habitats.

Snogeholm is a former estate that in the 19th century had its own village, complete with labour-ers’ cottages, iron foundry and brickworks. The estate also had its own flour mill, sawmill, dairy and coal-fired ovens.

Of the numerous trails, Snoge- holmsrundan is the longest at 16 kilometres. A short waterside

walk at Lake Snogeholmssjön is accessible to wheelchairs and prams. The Skåneleden Trail passes through the area.

You can rent canoes and rowing boats at Fiskarhus by Lake Snoge- holmssjön. There are two horse- riding trails and you can rent a paddock.

At Kejsardammen pond you can fish for rainbow trout with flies or lures. If you prefer to try for pike, perch and pike-perch, choose Lake Snogeholmssjön, where you can also ice-fish during winter. Please remember to buy a fishing permit. The pond and the lake both have wheelchair-accessible jetties.

Guide✓ Rent boats and canoes✓ Lakeside walk✓ Camp or stay overnight

in a cabin ✓ Pick mushrooms✓ Bring your own horse✓ Hiking

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SnogeholmAdventures between three lakes

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TjörnedalaFusion of nature and artNature meets art at Tjörnedala. The exhibitions at Tjörnedalagården attract many visitors, espe-cially during the Easter art week. You can explore the area on numerous tracks and trails and swim and fish in the sea.

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The scenery at Tjörnedala is a mix of pine and deciduous woodland, apple orchards,

pasture and coastal meadows. The area takes its name from the buck-thorn, known as tjörne in the Skåne dialect, that grows by the beach.

From the top of the ridge the sea view is inspiring and you can look down onto the meadows below, where pasqueflower, cow-slip and orchids grow. Livestock graze the meadows, helping to preserve the flora.

When the legendary Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus visited Tjörnedala in the summer of 1749 he described it as “one of the most gorgeous groves I have seen in our nation”. The eel fishermen’s huts by the sea testify to the historical

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importance of eel fishing. The fishermen would live here when the eels were in season.

Tjörnedalagården is more than 200 years hold and well known for its art exhibitions. Sculptures and works of art are dotted around the grounds. You can enjoy coffee and pastries in the café or bring a pic-nic and sit by the sea.

There are two short trails, both of which start from the car park at Tjörnedalagården. The Skåne- leden Trail passes through the area.Enjoy the quiet

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Guide✓ Art meets nature

✓ Beachside picnic

✓ Windshelter by the sea

✓ Short walks

✓ Small area

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VedbyExotic trees and autumn walks

Vedby is the place to come if you want to learn about trees. An unusually diverse array of species grows here. Take the 1-kilometre tree walk and spot spruce trees that smell of orange and conifers that lose their needles in autumn.

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Guide✓ Tree walk

✓ Short walks

✓ Mushroom picking

✓ Barbecue facilities

✓ Small area

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Chanterelle mushrooms

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A wide range of tree species has been planted here, and among them you can

find the likes of Douglas fir, red oak and silver fir. Another exotic species is a fast-growing hybrid of European and Japanese larch. Planted in the 1970s, this larch has needles that turn yel-low in autumn and fall off, like the leaves of a deciduous tree.

An 800-metre trail pro-vides information about the trees and their management. Abandoned fields, clearance cairns and old stone walls testify to a long tradition of small-scale agriculture.

There are three walking trails, the longest of which is 2.7 kilo-metres. During autumn you can pick mushrooms in the woods. There is a picnic area by the car park.

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Autumn hike in Klåveröd – a great way to forget your daily cares. Research shows that nature has a healing effect. Our blood pressure and heartbeat fall when we are among trees and plants.

VedemaFor friends of the forestVedema is an area of dark spruce forest, pine-woods and damp deciduous woodland. The River Rökeån meanders through the area and you can enjoy a panoramic view from Vedema Hall.

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The recreation area is on Hörja Ridge, a horst formed 70 million years ago.

Heather and lingonberry grow on the dry soil beneath the pines, while the lush vegetation by the River Rökeån feels almost sub- tropical. Vedema Hall is an area of rocky forest with imposing scree slopes.

The remains of crofters’ cot-tages, clearance cairns and stone walls hark back to bygone days. There are also remnants of earth banks, built by crofters as property markers or livestock enclosures, and an abandoned mill by the river.

A handful of marked trails will

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take you through the steep, rocky terrain. The road to Lake Barsjön from the western car park is easier, though still far from flat. The Skåneleden Trail passes through the area.

You do not need a permit to fish in Lake Barsjön and you can borrow a small rowing boat free of charge. There is also a jetty for fishing. Fishing is prohibited in the River Rökeån, however.

There are well-equipped picnic areas with firewood and barbecue facilities by the lake and others elsewhere in the area. There is also a cabin at Stora Dammvägen where you can spend the night. Spend a night in the woods

Guide✓ Good for families with children✓ Borrow a boat✓ Explore the ravine ✓ Good for sledging in winter

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River Verkeån

Lindgrens Länga

VitemöllaWhite sands on the “Eel Coast”

Wide beaches, gnarled pines and rainforest-like deciduous woods. Sandy grassland and rolling fields of flowers. Historical remains and museums. At Vitemölla you can find all these and more.

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Guide✓ Swimming✓ White sandy beaches✓ Picnic beneath the pines✓ Peace and quiet✓ Outdoor museum✓ For the whole family

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Summertime bliss

Vitemölla’s white sandy beach attracts many visi-tors in the summer. But

be ready for a bracing dip: the Baltic Sea is colder in summer than the west coast. St Bernard’s lily and Koeleria pyramidata grow in the sandy soil, where many butterfly and insect species also thrive. The woods range from pine plantations to lush broadleaf woodland. People have fished here since the Stone Age, and the Örakaren salmon fishing conces-sion along the River Verkeån dates back to the 17th century at least. The fish here were caught in traps. Today there are eight small weirs

with demonstration traps for trout.Eel fishing is a tradition here

and this stretch of coast is known locally as the Eel Coast. The ham-let of Vitemölla was known for its fishing and the old timbered house at Lindgrens Länga is a museum where you can learn more about the local history. At Stenörens Ålabod you can visit a fisherman’s hut and see old eel and sea trout tackle.

There are no signposted trails at Vitemölla, but unmarked tracks run along the coast and through the woods. The Skåneleden Trail passes through the area but is unmarked at Vitemölla.

FishingThe coast here is known for its sea trout fishing, especially in late winter. Fishing is prohibited from 15 September to 31 December and until 30 April at the mouths of the Mölleån, Klammersbäck and Verke- ån rivers.

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In cold winters, Lake Arriesjön freezes over and you can go ice- skating and sledging. Remember that ice is unreliable. You need experience and the right equipment to venture out on it.

Visit en.skanskalandskap.se/things-to-do

for winter excursion ideas

Nature dos and don’ts About the right of public access

Many people like to spend time in the countryside. Our recreational areas attract hikers, anglers, dog owners, families, school groups, horse riders, cyclists and many others. It is important to be respectful and show consideration to others.

Remember:✓ Be respectful✓ Do not disturb✓ Do not cause

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T he Swedish right of public access gives everyone free access to the countryside so

long as you do not cause damage or disturbance and follow some basic rules.

Show respect for nature, animals and other people.

You may camp for a maximum of 24 hours without the landowner’s permission.

You may make a fire but not if there is a risk of it spreading or damaging the environment. Have water with you and use only loose branches and twigs for firewood.

Keep your dog on a lead. Loose dogs can scare people and animals.

Take any litter home with you and leave the area clean and tidy.

Cycle and ride on marked trails to avoid damaging paths for wheelchairs and other users.

The right of public access is more restricted in nature reserves and special rules apply. Some of our areas are nature reserves and have signposts explaining the rules.

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AccessibilityNature is for everyone

We want everyone to be able to enjoy the countryside and we try to ensure that as many of our recreational areas as possible cater to people with special needs.

Some of our trails and picnic areas are specially designed to be accessible to wheel-

chairs, prams and zimmer frame walking. Facilities also include zimmer frame walking, foot-bridges, fishing and observation platforms, wheelchair-friendly tables and benches, and picnic areas, car parks and toilets.

Wheelchair-friendlyFive of our areas – Lake Arriesjön, Bockeboda, Fulltofta, Järavallen and Snogeholm – have wheel-chair-friendly paths. At Lake Arriesjön, various paths cater for wheelchairs, as do the two observation platforms and toilets. The road up to the wheelchair-

This symbol indicates accessible paths and trails for wheelchairs

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friendly path is very steep, however, and to reach the car park there you need to call +46 41551245 (8am to 4pm) to get a code to open the barrier.

Some of our cabins at Fulltofta and Snogeholm are wheechair- accessible, as is one of the main buildings at Snogeholm.

See en.skanskalandskap.se/where-to-stay for further informa-tion.

Equality certificationWe are committed to certifying that our areas are fully accessible. We work closely with Tourism for All, an independent organisation that manages the Equality acces-sibility label. Visit www.equality.se for further information.

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All information onlineVisit en.skanskalandskap.se for inspiration and up to date information. Here you can find maps, guides and advice so you can plan your outing from your computer, tablet or mobile.

Design and words: Giv AktPrinting: Holmbergs 2016

Paper: Cocoon Offset (100% recycled paper, FSC-certified)

Photos:Johan Hammar (cover, 4–16, 20–39, 40–58)

Jenny Brandt (4, 5, 21, 23, 40, 42, 43)Martin Hejdesten (4, 22, 24)

Richard Nilsson (18–19)Lena Arenbo (23, 32, 51, 52)

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o Visitor centre

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d Youth hostel

i Windbreak

ö Tent area

ø Campsite

h Swimming

w Canoeing

s Fishing

p Birdwatching

m Horseriding trail

v Mountainbike trail

t Obstacle course

u Fitness area

f Lit track

q Day hikes

y Skåneleden Trail

g Ski track

j Sledging

b Nature reserve

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The Scanian Landscape Foun-dation is funded primarily by an annual grant from Region Skåne. Our mission is to maintain and improve recreational areas in Skåne, to manage and develop Fulltofta Nature and Visitor Centre, to run outdoor education programmes, to carry out nature conservancy work and to co-manage parts of the Skåneleden Trail.

The Scanian Landscape Foun-dation manages 19 recreational areas across Skåne. The majority are owned by foundations linked to Skåne Regional Council (Stiftelsen för Fritidsområden i Skåne, Stiftelserna O D Krooks Donationer and Stiftelsen Jur Dr H Cavallis Donationsfond).

At two of our locations – Lake Arriesjön and Bockeboda – we have built visitor facilities, thanks primarily to funding from the European Union and the County Administrative Board of Skåne.

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